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Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
For full details please see What's On
NW District QP Fortnight.
Guild 6-bell Striking Competitions.Blythburgh
Suffolk Walking Festival 2022 - 37.Stowmarket
SW District Practice.Long Melford (8 bells)
Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday.
NW District Meeting.Oakley (6)
Mid-week Ringing.
Falklands 40.
The Ridgman Trophy.
Suffolk Day.
200th anniversary of Charles Babbage's proposal for a difference engine.
National 12-bell Striking Contest.Guildford
NE District Ringing Meeting.Southwold
SW District Practice.Stoke By Clare (6 bells)
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall
Ringing World National Youth Contest.Exeter
NW District Outing.Essex
150th anniversary of the the introduction secret ballots in Britain.
George W Pipe Thanksgiving Event.
SW District Practice.Nayland (6 bells)
Commonwealth Games.
NE District Ringing Outing to Norfolk.
125th Annual meeting of the Central Council.Nottingham Trent University
NE District Striking Competition.Wissett
500th anniversary of the first ship known to have circumnavigated the world.
NW District Meeting.Elveden (8)